re
" I'm not sure what makes the difference"    ( twixt the allen and 12 point
type CV joint screws )

the 12 point ones seem made out of lot harder material to me.
I think I have seen just one of those strip out , of hundreds of CV's I've
installed or removed.

and I've stipped out countless  6mm allen ones unscrewing them.

Whenever convenient I convert to the 12 point ones.

scott
turbovans
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike South" <msouth@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2010 1:44 PM
Subject: Re: Kick Butt tool for removing stripped/ruined allen bolts from
CV's.

> On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 5:20 PM, Mark Hineline
> <hineline@ocotillofield.net>wrote:
>
>> Okay, but Courtney, aren't these twelve-points, not allen bolts?
>>
>
> Depends--I have an 85 Westy AT with twelve-points and an 85 MT GL with
> allens.  I'm not sure what makes the difference but there are many
> references in web resources to both kinds being common.
>
> mike
>
>>
>> Mark
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Oct 11, 2010, at 3:00 PM, Courtney Hook wrote:
>>
>>  OK, my friend Phil lent me these bolt extractors which are
>>> phenomenal for removing the &*(&*^!!!! allen bolts that have been
>>> holding up my CV rebuild for a month now. (Well to be honest I
>>> haven't felt like crawling under the van either) :-) I tapped the #8
>>> one down on the stripped out allen bolt and with one crank on my
>>> 1/2" drive it loosened and removed that &*^&!!! bolt!! Check the
>>> pics of these out at
>>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/chookvw/?saved=1
>>> They are Craftsman tools, but I couldn't find a part no. on them
>>> anywhere. The harder you turn to loosen the bolt, the tighter this
>>> extractor bites into it. I am SO going to Sears to get a set!
>>> Courtney
>>>
>>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>> Always be yourself, because the people that matter don't mind,
>>> and the ones who mind, don't matter.
>>>
>>